The impact of workplace risk factors on the occurrence of neck and upper limb pain: A general population study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Sim, Julius ^a   Lacey, Rosie J ^a   Lewis, Martyn ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB PAIN; NECK PAIN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; ARM; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CERAMICS; COMPLICATION; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CERAMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERAMICS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ENGLAND; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 33749536570     PISSN: 14712458     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-6-234     Document Type: Article

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